For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Facebook is adding new features to an online hub where users offer and request help as part of an effort to encourage people to contribute to a new global day of giving on Tuesday that was created in …
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The Federal Communications Commission may be forced to disclose more information to reporters about the fraudulent comments filed in the agency’s 2017 net neutrality repeal after a federal judge in New York ordered the agency to turn over records about the comments to The New York Times. FCC Chairman Ajit Pai acknowledged in late 2018 that roughly 500,000 comments submitted during …
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LG is gearing up to launch a new phone and a new brand this Thursday. It’s called the LG Velvet and the company says the phone is as smooth and soft as that name suggests. With the launch of the Velvet, LG is effectively ditching its G series after eight generations. The South Korean electronics giant has revealed nearly everything about the Velvet …
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For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. US Rep. Adam Schiff has a message for Google and Twitter: It’s time to take a tip from Facebook. Specifically, the California Democrat and chairman of the House Intelligence Committee sent letters this week to Google, Twitter and YouTube requesting that they do more …
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Facebook made it easier for users to take their photos and video off Facebook. A photo transfer tool on Thursday rolled out in the US and Canada, as first reported by Reuters. Facebook initially launched the option last December in Ireland, and in several other countries in the months that followed. To access the photo transfer tool, Facebook users will need …
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For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Twitter saw a big bump in daily users during the first quarter as people turned to the site for real-time information about the coronavirus outbreak. Even so, uncertainty about the economy is casting a shadow over the company. For the first quarter, Twitter …
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After several years of research, Facebook announced in a blog post on Wednesday that it has built and is now open-sourcing a new humanlike chatbot. The chatbot combines a wide range of conversational skills including personality, knowledge and empathy to make the AI feel more human. The social networking company has spent years studying conversational AI, but this is the …
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For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Facebook’s first-quarter revenue and user numbers beat Wall Street expectations Wednesday, even as the social media giant cautioned that the coronavirus pandemic has caused “unprecedented uncertainty” for the future of its ad business. Facebook has seen a surge in people using the social …
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Want to video or voice chat with more people over WhatsApp? Now you can. In a new update released Monday, the popular messaging app is bumping up the number of people who can be on a video or voice call at once to eight, double its previous limit of four, the company said in an update note on the iPhone …
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For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Facebook-owned Instagram is adding a way for users to create and donate to fundraisers during live videos as more people turn to these real-time broadcasts while they’re staying at home to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus. The release of the new …
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